Press Releases & Statements Archive

2019

Federal Legislation & Policy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 23, 2019 Contact: Shannon Minter – 415-624-6071; Email sminter@nclrights.org NCLR says, “The Trump administration is inviting mistreatment of the LGBT community, which will likely result in thousands of people going without essential health care services and coverage.” WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today the Trump administration announced a proposed federal regulation that would eliminate critical nondiscrimination…

Federal Legislation & Policy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 23, 2019 Contact: Shannon Minter – 415-624-6071; Email sminter@nclrights.org (Washington, DC) Yesterday, The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a plan to roll back a rule prohibiting homeless shelters from discriminating against transgender people. Statement from Senior Policy Counsel Tyrone Hanley: This is an assault on vulnerable populations who…

Relationship Recognition

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 16, 2019 Contact: Shannon Minter, 415-624-6071; email sminter@nclrights.org Teresa Renaker, 415-653-1733; email teresa@renakerhasselman.com (San Francisco, CA) Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision in favor of David Reed, reversing a lower court decision finding that the KRON/IBEW Local 45 Pension Plan did not have to…

Youth

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 14, 2019 Contact: Shannon Minter – 415-624-6071; Email sminter@nclrights.org (San Francisco, CA) Today, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and the Center for Children’s Law and Policy (CCLP) released a new publication, Model Policy: Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex Youth in Youth Confinement Facilities, with support from the National PREA Resource…

Federal Legislation & Policy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 2, 2019 Contact: Shannon Minter – 415-624-6071; Email sminter@nclrights.org (Washington, DC) Today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the final version of a rule that expands the ability of health care providers and institutions to refuse to provide particular types of healthcare based on their religious or moral beliefs. The new…

Sports

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 1, 2019 Contact: Shannon Minter – 415-624-6071; Email sminter@nclrights.org “There is no justification for this intrusive and unworkable policy, which targets Caster based on racist and sexist stereotypes about how women ‘should’ look and behave.” (New York, N.Y.)— Today, in a divided 2-1 opinion, the international Court of Arbitration for Sport…

Employment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Shannon Minter – 415-624-6071; Email sminter@nclrights.org “A Supreme Court decision reversing these established protections would be catastrophic for LGBT people and disruptive for businesses, who would face a patchwork of conflicting state laws.” (Washington, DC, April 22, 2019) – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear three cases addressing whether Title VII,…

Youth

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Shannon Minter 415-624-6071/ sminter@nclrights.org “We are thrilled that state officials have moved so quickly to get this harmful law off the books and allow LGBTQ students – in fact all students – to get access to the medically-accurate information that literally could save their lives.” (Phoenix, AZ, April 12, 2019)…

Youth

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 28, 2019 Contacts: Shannon Minter (c) 415-624-6071; Email sminter@nclrights.org “I’ve been bullied because of my sexual orientation, and this law just encourages more of the same by labeling who I am as something to be ashamed of.” (Tucson, AZ, March 28, 2019) – The National Center for Lesbian Rights and Lambda Legal,…

The Washington Blade, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs and the Office of Women’s Policies and Initiatives, has named our Digital Strategy and Communications Manager, Andrea Pino, among the 40 Queer Women of Washington! Read more about Andrea, and the other amazing queer women leaders here.

Additional Civil Rights

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 26, 2019 Contact: Perry Sacks, psacks@mrss.com, (917) 438-4619 National Center for Lesbian Rights Settles Consumer Fraud Lawsuit Against Therapist for Conversion Therapy SAN FRANCISCO—Today, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), along with co-counsel Arnold & Porter, announced a settlement in a lawsuit filed by their client, Kate McCobb,…

Federal Legislation & Policy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 12, 2019 GLAD, NCLR Statement In Response To DOD Guidelines For Implementing Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Move by Trump Administration Violates Court Orders While Injunction in One Lawsuit Against the Ban Remains in Place Washington, D.C. – GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) and the National Center for…

State Legislation & Policy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 15, 2019 Contact: Lauren Gray, NCLR Communications Director lgray@nclrights.org / 215-983-3099 New York Senate and Assembly Pass Bill to Prohibit Conversion Therapy for LGBTQ Youth Once signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York will become the 15th state to pass legislation protecting LGBTQ youth from conversion therapy, and…